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Overview

AS a cop on the night shift in Hopewell Falls, New York, June Lyons drives drunks home and picks up the doughnuts. A former FBI agent, she left the Bureau when her husband died, and now she and her young daughter are back in upstate New York, living with her father, the town's retired chief of police.

When June discovers a young woman's body impaled on an ice shear in the frozen Mohawk River, news of the murder spreads fast; the dead girl was the daughter of a powerful local congresswoman, and her troubled youth kept the gossips busy.

Though June was born and raised in Hopewell Falls, the local police see her as an interloper—resentment that explodes in anger when the FBI arrive and deputize her to work on the murder investigation. But June may not find allies among the feds. The agent heading the case is someone from her past—someone she isn't sure she can trust.

As June digs deeper, her already tumultuous murder case turns red-hot when it leads to a notorious biker gang and a meth lab hidden in plain sight—and an unmistakable sign that the river murder won't be the last.

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About the Author

M. P. Cooley's crime novel Ice Shear was named one of O, The Oprah Magazine's Best Books of Summer 2014 and was called "an excellent debut" by Publishers Weekly in their starred review. A native of upstate New York, Cooley currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Editorial Reviews

This promising debut delivers a fast-paced, engaging rural thriller.

Booklist

Captivating, original and brilliant. Seamlessly natural - ICE SHEAR shines with the remarkable confidence and authority of true talent.

Hank Phillippi Ryan

As chilling as its title, a small-town police story that grows and grows into the bigger themes of power, corruption, and coverup.

Andrew Gross

Cooley’s high-energy plot keeps the surprises coming. She is an author to watch.

BBC Books

Cooley makes it a gripping ride all the way.

San Jose Mercury News

Cooley’s writing has an easy flow . . . the pacing is excellent and the storyline so engrossing that it’s difficult to believe Ice Shear is a debut novel . . . Cooley’s characters are bursting with vitality, practically leaping off the page.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

Smart and funny, and believably observant about all around her, June Lyons is the type of person you want on your side, and even to share a beer with! M.P. Cooley has written a complicated mystery that leaves you thinking about the characters and the choices they made well after finishing the book. Easy reading, satisfying ending!

Anonymous

More than 1 year ago

Awesome debut! Deserves 10 stars! I see she has a new one due out in June. I pre-ordered it, she is that good. This is must read!

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More than 1 year ago

Read review in magazine so bought book worse book I have read in sometime. Writing was all over the place too much detail and knew who killer was by 3 rd chapter. Do not waste your money

RobertDowns

More than 1 year ago

Now that I have made my break from Bismarck, ND, I can once again write reviews of my own volition. It's much easier to let the creative juices flow when you are no longer chained to a radiator. Anyway...M.P. Cooley knows her small towns and she knows her cops, but pages and plots filled with motorcycles and biker gangs turned me off a tad. Needless to say, my redneck status has been revoked by the great state of Mississippi.
But the picture she did in fact paint of Small Town USA made me wish I had enjoyed it more than I did. But I cannot stop the demented demon, as he often has a mind of his own. And maybe I might have enjoyed the meth lab a tad, if I didn't have such a clear image of Breaking Bad in my rearview mirror. Or maybe I should be shunned by the great state of New York, have toothpicks jammed in my eyes, shoved in front of a television, and have Sons of Anarchy reruns shoved down my gullet.
The pages did not move at a breakneck speed, and I did not experience even the slightest hint of a wow factor. But that could just be me. I can never really tell these days, and once the nightmares cease (No, not the knife!), I may be able to offer a more coherent interpretation.
I received this book for free at Left Coast Crime.
Robert Downs
Author of Falling Immortality and Graceful Immortality: Casey Holden, Private Investigator

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